12 outubro 2020
What you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic on 12 October
COVID-19: What you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic on 12 October: Top stories: Cases in India top 7 million; China to test city of 9 million; record daily rise in Russia and how the second wave is hitting Western Europe.
European Structural and Investment Funds
CORONAVIRUS DASHBOARD: COHESION POLICY RESPONSE | Data | European Structural and Investment Funds: IMPACT OF THE CRII/CRII MEASURES
The main focus of investments are for the health sector - to secure personal protective equipment, finance testing and support hospitals by purchasing additional medical equipment; the business sector – by providing working capital to SMEs, facilitating digitalisation and setting up or re-designing financial instruments; and supporting people– by implementing employment retention schemes and supporting vulnerable groups.
As of 9 October 2020, the headline figures on the volume of resources mobilised are as follows:
1. Reprogramming
€4.1 billion in EU reallocations for health actions resulting in a net increase of €3.8 billion at EU level;
€8.4 billion in EU reallocations in business support resulting in a net increase of €2.2 billion at EU level;
€1.4 billion of direct support for people, including workers and vulnerable groups.
2. Financing and modified rules
EUR 7.6 billion in additional EU pre-financing was provided;
86 cohesion policy programmes have so far opted for 100% EU co-financing;
EUR 3.5 billion has been transferred between Funds and/or between categories of regions.
Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative: to mobilise all existing EU budget resources to provide financial support to Member States for their immediate response to the Coronavirus crisis and its long-term impact. This includes advancing payments, redirecting cohesion funds and assisting Member States in channelling money where is most needed as quickly as possible.
Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative Plus: The new package complements an earlier initiative by introducing extraordinary flexibility to allow that all non-utilised support from the European Structural and Investment Funds can be mobilised to the fullest. This flexibility is provided for through:
Furthermore, CRII+ provides support to the most deprived by changing the rules for the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD). For example, it will be possible to deliver food aid and basic material assistance through electronic vouchers and to provide the protective equipment, and thus lower risk of contamination. Also, it will be possible to finance measures at 100% for the accounting year 2020-2021.
The main focus of investments are for the health sector - to secure personal protective equipment, finance testing and support hospitals by purchasing additional medical equipment; the business sector – by providing working capital to SMEs, facilitating digitalisation and setting up or re-designing financial instruments; and supporting people– by implementing employment retention schemes and supporting vulnerable groups.
As of 9 October 2020, the headline figures on the volume of resources mobilised are as follows:
1. Reprogramming
€4.1 billion in EU reallocations for health actions resulting in a net increase of €3.8 billion at EU level;
€8.4 billion in EU reallocations in business support resulting in a net increase of €2.2 billion at EU level;
€1.4 billion of direct support for people, including workers and vulnerable groups.
2. Financing and modified rules
EUR 7.6 billion in additional EU pre-financing was provided;
86 cohesion policy programmes have so far opted for 100% EU co-financing;
EUR 3.5 billion has been transferred between Funds and/or between categories of regions.
Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative: to mobilise all existing EU budget resources to provide financial support to Member States for their immediate response to the Coronavirus crisis and its long-term impact. This includes advancing payments, redirecting cohesion funds and assisting Member States in channelling money where is most needed as quickly as possible.
Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative Plus: The new package complements an earlier initiative by introducing extraordinary flexibility to allow that all non-utilised support from the European Structural and Investment Funds can be mobilised to the fullest. This flexibility is provided for through:
- transfer possibilities across the three cohesion policy funds (the European Regional Development Fund, European Social Fund and Cohesion Fund);
- transfers between the different categories of regions;
- flexibility when it comes to thematic concentration;
- a 100% EU co-financing rate for cohesion policy programmes for the
accounting year 2020-2021, allowing Member States to benefit for full EU
financing for crisis-related measures.
Furthermore, CRII+ provides support to the most deprived by changing the rules for the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD). For example, it will be possible to deliver food aid and basic material assistance through electronic vouchers and to provide the protective equipment, and thus lower risk of contamination. Also, it will be possible to finance measures at 100% for the accounting year 2020-2021.
Could testing end the COVID-19 pandemic this year?
Could testing end the COVID-19 pandemic this year? Across the world companies and government are consolidating their efforts on developing and distributing an effective vaccine against COVID-19.
But is it the only way we can end the pandemic?
Three leading economists present the idea that a government-led, universal testing strategy could put an end to the crisis in a matter of months.
But is it the only way we can end the pandemic?
Three leading economists present the idea that a government-led, universal testing strategy could put an end to the crisis in a matter of months.
WHO joins the Great Barrington Declaration by condemning lockdowns
Coronavirus: WHO joins the Great Barrington Declaration by condemning lockdowns: The World Health Organisation has backflipped on its original COVID-19 stance after calling for world leaders to stop locking down their countries and economies.
Dr. David Nabarro from the WHO appealed to world leaders yesterday, telling them to stop “using lockdowns as your primary control method” of the coronavirus.
He also claimed that the only thing lockdowns achieved was poverty – with no mention of the potential lives saved.
“Lockdowns just have one consequence that you must never ever belittle, and that is making poor people an awful lot poorer,” he said.
Dr. David Nabarro from the WHO appealed to world leaders yesterday, telling them to stop “using lockdowns as your primary control method” of the coronavirus.
He also claimed that the only thing lockdowns achieved was poverty – with no mention of the potential lives saved.
“Lockdowns just have one consequence that you must never ever belittle, and that is making poor people an awful lot poorer,” he said.
Average age of coronavirus fatalities is 82
The average age of those who have died from coronavirus in England and Wales since the start of the pandemic is 82.4 years old.
Using data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), researchers at the University of Oxford found that the median age of a Covid-19 fatality was slightly higher than the median age of those who died of other causes over the same period, which was 81.5.
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WHO (Accidentally) Confirms Covid is No More Dangerous Than Flu
WHO (Accidentally) Confirms Covid is No More Dangerous Than Flu: The World Health Organization has finally confirmed what we (and many
experts and studies) have been saying for months – the coronavirus is no
more deadly or dangerous than seasonal flu.
At the session, Dr Michael Ryan, the WHO’s Head of Emergencies revealed that they believe roughly 10% of the world has been infected with Sars-Cov-2. This is their “best estimate”, and a huge increase over the number of officially recognised cases (around 35 million).
Dr. Margaret Harris, a WHO spokeswoman, later confirmed the figure, stating it was based on the average results of all the broad seroprevalence studies done around the world.
As much as the WHO were attempting to spin this as a bad thing – Dr Ryan even said it means “the vast majority of the world remains at risk.” – it’s actually good news. And confirms, once more, that the virus is nothing like as deadly as everyone predicted.
The global population is roughly 7.8 billion people, if 10% have been infected that is 780 million cases. The global death toll currently attributed to Sars-Cov-2 infections is 1,061,539.
That’s an infection fatality rate of roughly or 0.14%. Right in line with seasonal flu and the predictions of many experts from all around the world.
[You can’t embed the WHO’s stream, but I can tell you to go to this page, click “Session 1” and skip to 1:01:33 to hear the exact quote:
"Our current best estimates tell us that about ten percent of the global population may have been infected by this virus. This varies depending on country, it varies from urban to rural, it varies between different groups."]
11 outubro 2020
Lessons From COVID-19
Pandemic Preparedness | Lessons From COVID-19: “To better prepare for the next crisis, and future waves of the current one, the United States will need to devote considerable political capital and economic resources to reducing the domestic and global vulnerabilities that jeopardize individual, national, and global health security.”
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